The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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... Ferrard , a naval officer who , like Bal- later , had left the Service as a midshipman ; a Scot with high cheek - bones and tight lips and dark , curving eyebrows that gave to his face an expression of amusement and surprise . The white ...
... Ferrard , a naval officer who , like Bal- later , had left the Service as a midshipman ; a Scot with high cheek - bones and tight lips and dark , curving eyebrows that gave to his face an expression of amusement and surprise . The white ...
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... Ferrard , you know . " 99 " Well , we all are on this job . . . . ' Ferrard was about to speak again , checked himself , sucked a paint - brush and con- sidered his words . " Look here , I'll tell you what I'll do , " he said at last ...
... Ferrard , you know . " 99 " Well , we all are on this job . . . . ' Ferrard was about to speak again , checked himself , sucked a paint - brush and con- sidered his words . " Look here , I'll tell you what I'll do , " he said at last ...
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... Ferrard , who was annoyingly stub- born and would not give way , whether a carp should properly be cooked in milk ; and when he had despaired of Ferrard , he found that Lewis was already inaccessible in Jedwell's room . He had therefore ...
... Ferrard , who was annoyingly stub- born and would not give way , whether a carp should properly be cooked in milk ; and when he had despaired of Ferrard , he found that Lewis was already inaccessible in Jedwell's room . He had therefore ...
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